Hi, John,

You might have better luck posting in a newsgroup where the devices use CE,
like Pocket PCs. Tablet PCs use a superset of Windows XP.
--
Terri Stratton
Microsoft Windows MVP / Tablet PC
http://thetabletpc.net
Expert Zone - http://microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/default.asp


"JohnB" <replies@g8ozh.com> wrote in message
news:1082684167.13842.0@damia.uk.clara.net...
> Hi Folks,
>
> I think I need some help.. ;-)
>
> I recently acquired a second-hand Fujitsu PenCentra130 running 'WindowsCE
> Handheld PC Professional Edition' but there was no software for my PC
to
> facilitate synchronisation etc. I do have the Active Sync software from a
> Compaq PDA and the latest Microsoft Active sync upgrade but this does not
> want to talk to the Pencentra - perhaps not surprisingly. When I try and
run
> Active sync with either the serial connection or an infra-red link I get a
> message telling me there is no partnership set up between the two
machines.
> Reinstalling the old PDA software does not give the option of setting up a
> partnership. As far as I can tell I have both devices correctly set to use
> the appropriate connection method but they just will not communicate. I
> quickly run out of ideas and enthusiasm at this point.....
>
> I am not too concerned with synchronising 'office' data but I really would
> like to be able to upload applications to the tablet - mainly a mapping
> program to use with my GPS - and to download the resulting track and route
> data at some stage for storage and printing etc. Surely a simple file
> transfer mechanism would achieve this if the synchronisation remains a
> problem.
>
> Can anyone tell me what I need to run on the desktop PC to allow this to
> happen - I think it may be a variant of Windows CE - and where I would go
to
> find this software. The desktop pc currently runs 2000.
>
> Thanks in advance for any ideas you may have. If they aren't useful then
> make sure they are amusing... ;-)
>
> JohnB
>
>